We arrived here after a *really* long day of traveling. It was 11:30pm and the sun was shining! Also, it was 80 degrees! In Alaska! Now that was a pleasant surprise.

I really liked this hotel. It's right on the river, and away from Fairbanks, so it's quiet and serene. Our room had a great view of the river and was spotlessly clean. The public areas are lovely, well decorated, and the restaurants are very good. Service throughout the hotel is friendly, with every request cheerfully granted.

You can sit on the deck overlooking the river while having a good meal with a cold Alaskan beer (or wine), watching the sun go down - if you can stay awake that long. It was 3am when it finally set (in July).

Not a luxury hotel, but lovely nonetheless.

We spent two nights here while waiting for rooms to open up at the Pike Lodge next door. It was the beginning of a marvelous land/cruise tour of Alaska with our two twelve year-old grandchildren. Their reaction best describes our accommodations when they commented that it "looks just like The Great Wolf Lodge, only the real thing". It was a nicely decorated and very comfortable typical woodsy Alaskan lodge. Our rooms were adequate, but not luxurious, the beds were comfortable, and the towels plentiful. The staff was extremely helpful and friendly, eager to educate us about themselves and their beautiful state. We ate all of our meals in the hotel and found them to be very good. There was a great gift shop off the lobby with many beautiful native Alaskan handicrafts, as well as any forgotten items from home. We were able to buy our grnddaughter a nice waterproof jacket at a fairly reasonable price. The even numbered rooms all overlook the Chena River and are well worth requesting. We did not have one and didn't realize until the day we left how much nicer the view would have been. All in all, we were very happy with the Princess and felt that it represented a fairly typical Alaskan lodge.

We stayed only one night, with arrangements made by a local friend. Probably in a small minority of guests who were not part of a cruise or other tour package.
The room was fine, your typical up-to-date mid-range hotel room. It was clean. There was a nice view of the river (even numbered rooms). Did not attempt internet access or anything like that.
One annoyance was that housekeeping knocked on the door at 8:30 Sunday morning to see if we were out yet.
Registration staff was fine.
In the morning we just bought coffee & muffins from a cart in the lobby to eat by the river. Another annoyance was that they were unable to charge the cost to our room, so we had to pay cash. This seemed strange for a big hotel.

Stayed for one night in May 2007. Part of Princess cruise/land package. No problems with room. Bed comfortable, bathroom OK. Since it was rather late, ate in bar. Food was mediocre, service patchy. Lobby was pleasant with log fire. Hotel is beside river with river walk. However, looked rather forlorn with all flower tubs empty and some filled with garbage - early in season for plantings? The area the hotel is in is in the middle of nowhere so only other place to eat was in the hotel next door, which again mainly caters for cruise clientele. Buffet breakfast in main dining room quite good. Pleasant staff.